H.A.R.D.
Platform: ZX Spectrum
Region: UK
Media: Tape
Controller: Kempston, Interface 2 and Keyboa
Genre: Shoot 'em Up - Action
Gametype: Undefined
Release Year: 1986
Developer: IJK Software Ltd
Publisher: Tynesoft
Players: 1
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In this game you play the role of a robot whose aim it is to kill all the robots in a factory. The gameplay involves you shooting a path though blocks to get to the next screen. There are also different kinds of robots to shoot which are blocking your path. Some robots cannot be destroyed and move up and down the screen you have to time it right to move past them. The blocks that have to be removed require two blasts from your laser to destroy them so quick reflexes are in order as standing about for to long can be hazardous. You have a bar which says KAPUT and each time you are hit a letter of it lights up, when the whole word is lit up its game over.

Trivia:

The health meter in this game spells KAPUT. Kaput is a British English term for "broken" or "bust".
[...and derives from the German "kaputt", which in turn derives from the French "capot". -Chris]


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